A Traverse Of Your Financial Life
It was the summer of 2019 and I was finally getting around to attempting a long time bucket list item. I was setting out on a single day traverse of the Presidential Range in the majestic White Mountains of New...
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Overtraining For Financial Independence
“Holy crap” I yelled to my climbing partner Phil, “wait till you see this!”. We were 14 hours into a punishing day of climbing, and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. While traversing a gully that we weren’t sure...
Between Chaos And Peace
I found a mostly empty and quiet gate at the airport with room to stretch. The traffic plagued ride and chaotic security line put me in a funk. There were 5 huge TV screens blaring out the bile of the...
You Must Surrender Control
In general most of us like to be in control of things. Surrendering control in any facet of life usually requires faith and trust. Riding shotgun in a car requires trust in the driver. Taking medication demands trust in the...
Financial Independence Is A False Summit
We had been climbing for almost 4 hours and the most dangerous parts were done. Those dangerous parts were why we came in the first place – 3 beautiful pitches of vertical ice attached to the mountain and glistening in...
Stop Treating Your Money Like Litter
We crested the ridge and all I saw was another steep slope climbing endlessly up. “This is climbing…” I said to myself, “…stop complaining. This is why you came halfway across the world, get on with it…” We were ascending...
Persistence Will Get You Everywhere
BOOM! The crack of thunder shook the ground behind us and we started hiking faster back to our tents. At 11,700 feet in elevation, we were still above treeline, and during a lightening storm it’s a dangerous place to be. ...
The Gift Of Light On Kilimanjaro
“Wake up, it is time!” a voice shouted in broken English, breaking the metronomic sound of the tent flapping in the wind. It was 12:30am, and I didn’t have anything to wake up from. I was up. I put my...
That Time I Spent $44,000 On A Two Week Vacation
Getting to financial independence is difficult, especially in a luxury-demanding, spendy culture. If you’re budgeting, living frugally, investing, and trying to increase your earnings, then you’re checking the major boxes and are on a path to FI. But are you...
Failure And The Art Of Abseiling
This post is about failure. Yes I know. That’s a topic that’s been written about quite often. J Money over at Budgets Are Sexy did a cool post a little while back listing out some major failures in his life...
The Original Dirtbag
If you’re not a climber, you’ve probably never heard of Fred Beckey. That’s understandable, it’s a fringe sport and famous climbers are few and far between to the general populace. It’s too bad since climbing, both rock/ice and mountaineering, is...
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